Guarded Stories

Four lives. four days. One city that breaks every rule. WHEN THE RULES BROKE, THEIR HEARTS BEGAN TO LIVE", Ragiz is living on borrowed time. Every breath is a reminder that the clock is ticking, and he's determined to burn bright before he fades out. He doesn't have room for "careful," and he definitely doesn't have room for a soulmate. Urmi is a fortress. Behind her sketches and her spectacles, she's built a world where no one can hurt her. She plays by the rules because the rules are safe. But when she meets Ragiz in the humid, neon haze of Bangkok, her carefully guarded walls begin to crumble under his chaotic light. While Ragiz and Urmi collide, Jack-the man who lives by the ledger-is finding out that some debts can't be paid in currency. Alongside Lily, who hides her own scars behind a plush penguin and a sharp wit, they are forced to confront a truth they've all been outrunning: The audit isn't about money. It's about the time they have left. In a fever-dream 72 hours of monsoon rains and midnight markets, four broken souls will realize that when the rules finally shatter, their hearts can finally begin to live.

He was my sun. He was my light. Stolen from me without warning, by the person I trusted the most. How could one ever trust, or even love, again and let themselves to risk feeling that betrayal once again. So they don't. They keep everything shut and locked up tight and then throw away the key. They say that the one worthy enough will find that key and unlock their heart so they may love again... That wasn't me. I didn't throw away the key I burned it. *** Twenty-two year old Kathryn Rosewood decides it time to move on and leave the past behind. So instead of letting her past control her she chooses to make her own path. And start out fresh. She has swore off men and has no problem turning down every guy that comes at her. That is until she meets Tobias Williams.

She's the only one who knows. Although she was the power, she doesn't know her full potential. At the age of 22 this young woman has been through hell and back. Determined to keep her twin brother from the evil that infected her, she has determined that she'll keep everything to herself. She'll focus on everything but her own well-being in the end. Villains don't care about well being. Ulterior motives run rampant. Now it's caught up with her, and things are about to get a whole lot more complicated. An individual comes into her life and so called friends betray the betrayer. The hunt continues. The thirst for power by the Hunt is stronger than ever and she may not make it out alive, but she won't leave her brother behind to face the cruelty of the world. Who is this extraordinary girl you may ask? Bella Silver is her name. And soon the world will know it.

Logan is a badass who takes shit from nobody. She has her group, don't mess with her. Ace is the silent, terrifyingly dangerous boy. Secrets, cartels, kidnappings, submission. Logan feels small against Ace, a need to submit. The thing is, she wants to feel tough, she doesn't want anyone. She won't bow down to him, she won't go belly up, she won't submit. Her secret, she wants to submit. She wants to submit so, so bad.

[BOOK TWO] Emma's not one to easily let down her guard, and for good reasons. But when Harry charms his way through her well built walls she can't help but fall in love, even if she doesn't realize it at first. Once she does it takes every ounce of her self restraint to not give in and let love in. But you can't hold out forever on love, can you? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Isabella and Lucy used to be best friends. that is until Lucy decided to find a way to send them both to the supernatural verse. everything is different since they adjusted the time line. they soon weren't friends since Isabella was brought against her will and choice. after years of surviving Isabella was brought back to Lucy and brings Dean, Sam and Castiel into her life as well. she has big choices to make. (1st person, really bad at descriptions but please give it a chance. first time writing in years)

Kiyoko is a child born of the moon. Of course, how would the moon produce a child? Simple. The moon knew darkness was coming so the moon created a child, a child of its own power. But kiyoko isn't the only one. It used to be an ancient race but they've been extinct for thousands of years, kiyoko is the only one left. And she'll be the last, but before that she must fulfill her destiny. What is it you might ask, its to finally rid the world of darkness. Kiyoko has always been alone and shunned for how she looked, and how beautiful she was. Everyone envied her, she lived being aline but will all that change when she meets Grey Harrison. Grey Harrison, highschool hottie and sweetheart. He's just your normal average guy, except for the fact that he's the sweetest person ever, not to mention that he's hot. He also gets good grades and can fight like an assassin, he always saw the world as pure and nice. That all changes when he meets kiyoko, she turns his world upside down. She teaches him the other side of life which isn't all that kind and giving. They both cross each others paths but kiyoko isn't so fond of him at first. Kiyoko was trained as the worlds best assassin at age 7, yup thats right. People took haler in and turned her into a weapon for war. But now she has to go to high school. Whats so bad about it? EVERYTHING! She has to go to the same building for five days straight full of normal people. With her Pitch black hair and glowing silver eyes, pale as as snow skin and not to mention the most beautiful girl alive. She gets her beauty from the moon, so she doesn't care about her appearance.she's pretty hard to miss. She'll have to face school and her destiny, she's all time badass, cold, emotionless girl. She's only emotionless to hide that SHE IS JUST BROKEN.

Rejected her childhood for her unique sight, Jade grows to become more than what anyone expected of her. With a very impressive, successful job, Jade's nights are extra dark as she isn't afraid to hold a knife. With no one knowing her night trips, she is comfortable. But whats a story without everything going to shit? As her childhood catches up to her, Jade is fronted with someone who may finally push and pull to get close, only to find out her adventures in the dark... is it enough to end their relationship?

16 year old Jenette Williams is battling the same struggle most teenage girls go through. Her life is spinning upside down when her mom dies the previous summer. She has never been able to make friends who appreciate her for who she is until audacious dare devil Austin Strong is thrown in her path, and makes her question herself and all the things that have happened to her after her mother died. Finally everything she has been keeping in is coming out, and thinking of Austin she asks herself the same question over and over. Can I just be happy now?

It's been awhile since I've written anything but I want to take you on this journey of the things I've been learning

Everyone's all about the labels. She's a nerd because she always carries a book , he's a jock and therefore is stupid, he likes being alone but just because he doesn't socialize he's a loner or mute. Everyone's all about the labels but why should I put a label on something so simple and make it complicated? Why should I put down a label just to satisfy other? We don't have to fit under a category or abide by their rules. Because all we are is two people who care about each other.

After making a rather impulse decision to move to Toowoomba, a large town outside of Queensland after being emancipated, Avery is determined to start fresh. A new house, a new school, new friends and new experiences that will mould her into the woman she wants so badly to be.  But there was a large bump in the road.  And that bump came in the form of Colton Slayer, the sweet boy that every girl wants to date, the boy that makes Avery's heart flutter like a butterfly caught in the web of her rib cage. After catching the eye of Colton, he is set on getting her attention, the same way she has with him. But it will be very difficult, especially when Avery's past comes back to haunt her, determined to make her miserable, tearing open an old wound that will bleed out all of the hidden secrets and emotions that Avery has so desperately tried to bury. Along the way she will make friends and enemies, be both happy and sad, creating memories that she will cherish and other she wish never happened. Avery will look towards her future while simultaneously trying to forget her past. Read and find out the past and secrets that form the person she is now, and who she will become.

The Barriers we all put up.

Discover how will she deal with her brothers and how will she fall inlove.. -------------------------------- Heads Up! The story is unedited, please bear with the misuse of grammars. Thank you🤗

Highest ranking #2 in werewolf #1 in Completed #1 in Featured ©MadnessReverie ********* I lean my body against his, carefully brushing my lips against his ear. "What's your name?" I whisper before nipping his earlobe once. "Colton" it sounded more like a groan and I smiled internally. I put my knees on either side of his legs and straddle him, wrapping my arms around his neck, careful not to actually rub against him. "Colton, I like it" I moaned softly before biting my lower lip again. I can tell his hands are itching to touch me, but he knows he's not allowed. His eyes are dark with lust and something else I can't quite place. "Say my name again, Kitten" ********* Thrust into what she thought was a mythical world of wolves and mates, Avery's journey is anything but typical. Can she learn to love what she didn't dare to dream actually existed? Can he accept the baggage that comes with her? I don't own any of the pictures I use. Most of them I found on Google. The story is mine though so please don't steal it.

Sutton has the best life a single New Yorker could dream of. She works at one of New York's publishing houses she absolutely adores besides her creepy boss Charles who stole Chief Editor right from under her. She has a charming apartment right in the heart of New York's bustling streets. From the outside it looks like Sutton Gentry has it all but she doesn't. She's a single mother to Colter James Gentry. Her baby daddy a New York firefighter is far too busy to be a father let alone to figure out if he wants a life with Sutton or marry his job. Sutton's life has its trials and tribulations indeed but when she gets the idea to move back home to Texas, meeting a sexy new editor whom she has two amazing dates with before flying back to New York believing she will never see him again but once the creepy boss gets fired and Sutton's publishing house gets a new temp editor and who walks through through the doors? The sexy Texan who she thought she had left back home or at least she had hoped she left back home. Now he's in New York and trying to break Sutton's rule of never dating in the workplace.

Forming genuine romantic connections can be difficult, especially when you feel unworthy or undeserving.

She finally let herself love-just as he began to slip away. Ava never believed she could fall this hard. Lucas is everything she's ever wanted-kind, understanding, patient. Even with miles between them, their love feels real. Safe. But as time passes, something shifts. His texts take longer. His words feel colder. And the distance between them starts to feel unbearable. Is he pulling away, or is her fear convincing her he is? Ava thought love was her greatest fear-but losing him might be even worse.

After already experiencing hellish ordeals as a child, Annette has been torn down and broken repeatedly, her spirit an empty notion in her heart. Having watched her own mother suffer a slow and painful death and being separated from her only brother and any family ties, Annette struggles to hold onto humanity. Shipped off after the separation of her brother, Annette arrives at an institute where her prime focus is to look after her clientele by night, and the other girls by day. Here, she must accept that her life only gets worse from here. Then, suddenly, the Hoplite arrive bearing their supernaturally skilful grace that comes with being a Hunter. They whisk her away from the dark pit she has come to live in, and introduce her to a whole new world where she must now accept that the supernatural exists, and her hope is alive. Annette must also realise that her world only gets harder from here. Follow Annette as she fights against her own Demon's to take back the guarded part of her soul and heart to find the thing missing from her life: hope.